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Scented candles increase the ambience of any room in your home. If you’re a warm and romantic type of person, you will appreciate the aroma of scented candles. Treat your guests to a touch of mystique and a sense of calm. Also, the warm glow of just about any candle enhances the elegance of a room.

Even before it is lit, the subtle fragrance of a scented candle will heighten your energy level,. So when you come home tired and frazzled, the aroma & flickering glow of a scented wax candle will relieve your tightness & lift your spirits.

Scented candles are wonderful gifts for any occasion and/or season, especially when made by your own hands.

1. Select Your Candle Fragrance

Fragrance oil is available in most craft shops. You may also shop for it on the web. I would suggest that you opt for fragrance oils rather than going for cheap water or alcohol based fragrances. Because your wax mix is oil based, your fragrance must also be oil based. Why? As oil & water do not mix, a water based perfume tends not to mix with oil based wax.

2. Pick Your Wax

The basics of making scented candles are more or less the same as for ordinary wax candles. Begin by choosing your wax type. Available in the market is a versatile range of wax beginning with naturals from beeswax, palm or soy and moving along to paraffin or gel wax. You’ll want to decide on the aromatic intensity for your candles before choosing your wax. For instance, in case of gel candles, gel wax with less density holds less fragrance compared to gel wax with higher density.

3. The Act of Making Scented Style Candles

Now we’ll go through the process of creating aromatic candles.

The first task is to melt your wax. I suggest using a double boiler. Which means put the wax in a small pot. Then put that container inside a slightly larger pot containing water. Now heat the H2O. You’ll need a thermometer to ensure the wax is not burnt. The temperature should be kept at 170-180 degrees Fahrenheit.

After the wax is melted, insert a wick into the mold and remove your wax from it’s source of heat. Now add the fragrance oil that you have chosen. A mixture of 1 ounce fragrance oil to 1 pound wax will produce a fragrance that permeates your candle up to 6% of its density. Be aware that greater amounts of fragrance will cause the candle to burn out sooner owing to higher liquid density of the candle.

Now pour the melted wax/fragrance mixture into your mold. The only job left is to let the whole thing cool before removing your candle from it’s mold.

Congratulations, well done!

4. Try Different Things as You Go

You will gain expertise in all phases of candle making when you start experimenting. By using different fragrances and colors, you will perfect the candle making technique and thoroughly enjoy the process.

It’s a great feeling to award your loved ones with a scented homemade candle knowing that they will find the fragrance both relaxing and invigorating.

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